ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,416, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Bayern, Germany).
"Brazing plug, component of a gas turbine and method" was invented by Thomas Nagel (Berlin Spandau, Germany), Ingo Reinkensmeier (Frondenberg, Germany), Harald Krappitz (Kongen, Germany), Jane Awayes (Berlin), Michael Stemmler (Dusseldorf, Germany) and Sheik Minhaz Uddin (Esslingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug for brazing in a through-hole and for sealing a through-hole in a substrate of a gas turbine component. The plug has at least one elongate part and a head, wherein the head is made wider in cross section than the elo...